Prophecies in the Hadith: Difference between revisions

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*Tirmidhi, author of this hadith collection, was born in 824, more than 100 years after the end of the caliphate

*The hadith in it's text is in the context of discussion about previous caliphates

===Some people control trade===

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'One of the portents of the Hour will be that wealth becomes widespread and abundant, and trade will become widespread, but knowledge will disappear. '''A man will try to sell something and will say: "No, not until I consult the merchant of banu so and so''' and People will look throughout a vast area for a scribe and will not find one."

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===Cheating in weights (scales)===

It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. '''They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers'''. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said "Certainly a time will come when people will not bother to know from where they earned the money, by lawful means or unlawful means."

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{{Quote|Sirat Rasul Allah 428, Tabari VII:29|

Then the apostle heard that Abu Sufyan b. Harb was coming from Syria with a large caravan of Quraysh, containing their money and merchandise, accompanied by some thirty or forty men." Mohammad said, "This is the Quraysh caravan containing their property, Go out to attack it, perhaps God will give it as prey,

===Usury (riba)===

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Narrated Ubayd ibn Khalid as-Sulami,:

===Islam will be unpleasant for Muslims (like burning ember/coal in hand)===

Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:

"There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember."

===Ammar will be killed===

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Rejoice, 'Ammar, the transgressing party shall kill you."

..and when '''you see barefoot, naked, destitute shepherds''' competing in constructing tall buildings

}}The Bible contained a story of the Tower of Babel, Egyptians built pyramids. The desire and ability to construct tall buildings appears to has been common in history.

There were people in the 7th century building buildings that could be considered tall in that time. Ibn Hajar wrote in his famous commentary on Sahih Bukhari:

يتطاول الناس في البنيان وهي من العلامات التي وقعت عن قرب في زمن النبوة  

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Muslims could afford building tall buildings after they got rich from early Islamic conquests.

====Seventy-three sects====

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The Jews split into seventy-one sects, or seventy-two sects, and the Christians similarly, and my Ummah will split into seventy-three sects."